I Love You, Do You Love Me?

Chapter 2



Jan-Es snuggled against Kara in the bed, although that is what he expected to feel. Her naked body against his, but when he moved, he heard chains rattle. Instantly he opened his eyes and found himself standing like an X, chains on all four limbs. Where the hell am I? Jan-Es thought as he looked around, fear coursing through his body. Luckily he discovered that he was wearing his briefs and his pants. The only part of his body that wasn't covered, was the upper part of his body. Two shadows stepped into the light.



They were Jor-El and Zor-El. Jor-El wore a pained expression on his face, whereas his brother wore one of complete anger on his face. Zor-El was the one that opened his mouth to speak first. "HOW DARE YOU FORCE YOURSELF UPON MY DAUGHTER?!" Zor-El yelled as he pulled back a fist, ready to bring it down on Jan-Es's right cheek, when Jor-El intervened.



"Brother, no! Let the Council of Krypton deal with this kind of scum." Jor-El said. He couldn't believe his eyes when he had returned with Lara from their date last night and found his niece naked in bed with him, blood all around them. He couldn't believe he trusted someone like this to babysit his little son!



The Council of Krypton? Deal with this kind of scum? Jan thought. He didn't understand. Then he knew what they thought had happened. "You don't understand! Kara and I, we love... AHHHHH!" A jolt of electricity coursed through his body. His whole body was in immense pain! He'd never experienced pain as high as this volume before.



"SAVE IT for the Council!" Zor-El snapped. A door opened and Alura, Kara's mother, came inside. "The Council will see you now. Bring him inside." Alura couldn't even look at Jan-Es, such a sweet kind boy pulling a stunt like that with her daughter. She swiftly walked away as Jor-El and Zor-El pushed the device Jan was strapped against into the court room. A thousand faces looked at the young man who hurt Kara Zor-El, their friend, fellow schoolmate, family member or acquaintance, being pushed to the front in the court room.



Kara was there too, with her friend Rich and the rest of her schoolmates. She looked pretty normal though, as if nothing was wrong with her.... on the outside. On the inside she felt violated, she had been all wrong about her friend.



A hammer sounded. "Court is in session. All rise." A man spoke. Immediately everyone who was seated stood up. Then when the man had given the nod, they sat back down again. The man cleared his throat.



"Jan Robbert Laurence-Es, you have been accused of raping Kara Zor-El. How do you plea?" Jan-Es was amazed by this, the AUDACITY, the nerve to insinuate that he had raped her! "Not guilty. You see, you all have jumped to wrong conclusion." Jan-Es calmly said, when he wanted to explode at them, yell at them. He'd been present at people on trial before and shouting at them wasn't taken lightly.



The magistrate was amused. "Oh, not guilty? Do explain, Jan-Es." Jan-Es nodded and began to tell the whole story.



"I've been in love with Kara Zor-El for a long time. I've tried to tell her so many times, and yesterday I finally had a chance to tell her how I felt. Because everytime I had tried to tell her, someone or something interrupted me. It was after school. We walked out and I had wanted to tell her when that b!tch of a Rena interrupted me and asked Kara if she wanted to go have a milkshake with her female friends!" Jan told them, a little anger creeping into his voice. Everyone, including Rena, Kara, Rich and the rest of them, also the adults, gasped at the venom in Jan-Es's voice. Yes, even his parents. They hadn't raised him like this, had they?



Jan decided to skip the part of having a stack of Memory Crystals in his bedroom. That he had been thinking about sending her a text message with the words I love you, Kara Zor-El, and that he had ran from his parental house.



"So I went straight to the House of El, because Kara invited me to babysit her cousin. I met Jor-El and Lara-El. Lara-El was holding baby Kal-El. Lara said that I was early, but they didn't mind. I did suggest that I could go and return later, but they had said it was alright, that I could stay." he continued to tell, not caring if they had gasped. "Then Kara showed up and the two got changed for the date, then left. Kara and I took care of baby Kal-El, we fed him his baby food and then we watched a Hologram-Movie, while Kara held Baby Kal-El in her arms." Jan-Es said, voice cracking. The sight of Kara holding her little cousin, it was so perfect. And Jan-Es hadn't been able to contain an image of Kara-Es holding their baby in her arms one day. He wanted to grow old with her, live a happy life with her. But the way things were going, that image would shatter like a Crystal.



"Once again I wanted to tell Kara that I loved her..." Jan's voice changed then again. "but that stupid baby Kal-El chose that moment to vomit all over Kara's shirt!" Jan shouted. Immediately, Lara-El stood up. It was a good thing Baby Kal-El was at daycare. "HOW DARE YOU SPEAK OF MY SON LIKE THAT?!" She shouted back at Jan, then sent a glare toward Jan's parents.



"Order! Order!" The magistrate said, slamming the hammer down. "Yes, it was impolite to speak of young baby Kal-El like that, Jan Robbert Laurence-Es, but continue." He said, nodding his head to him.



"Well... Kara gave me baby Kal-El, while she went to the washing machine. I didn't follow her, I sang a lullaby to Baby Kal-El and then when I knew that he was asleep, brought him to his bedroom and placed him in the playpen and tucked him in. I proceeded to Kara's room and opened the door... and found her with an exposed body. I couldn't hold myself in check and told her I loved her, right then and there. Then... we had sex. Only after, did Kara Zor-El tell me that she loved me too." Jan-Es finished, looking all around the room. Kara tried not to look at him. Rich squeezed her hand as he glared at Jan's face, the face of a former friend. He couldn't forgive him for something like this.



Everybody couldn't take it anymore, although a couple of persons stayed behind: Rich, Kara, Jor-El, Zor-El, Alura, Lara-El... and Jan's parents, along with the Magistrate. The Magistrate even allowed all the others to leave!



"So forcing myself on her, Zor-El?" Jan addressed Kara's Father. "I never did no such thing." Jor-El stood up. "If I may, I found Kara sobbing in his arms, and gently extracted her from him. I pulled some clothes from her closet, gave them to her. After she was dressed we went into the living room and I listened to what she had to say. During the sex she had told him she wasn't ready, and when he told her that he was going to... well, come inside her, she had shouted that she didn't want it... but he continued either way."



The Magistrate nodded, his hands in a tent under his chin. "Then the decision is final. Jan Robbert Laurence-Es is to be exiled to the Phantom Zone immediately." His parents burst into tears, while Jan-Es was shocked. "WHAT?!" "You heard me correctly, filth! You WILL be exiled to the Phantom Zone immediately!" The Magistrate said and retreated to his chambers after slamming the hammer. "This hearing is concluded. Decision is final."



His parents walked toward him and grabbed his hands. "You put this upon yourself, son." They whispered to him. Jan looked at Kara who sobbed and felt tears of his own trickle down his cheeks. "Mom... Dad... will you do your son one last favor?" Their son whispered. They nodded. "Mom... could you... could you grab my stack of crystals and bring them to me?" he asked her, as he looked into her eyes. "Of course." All parents left, including Lara and Alura, they didn't want to be around this filth anymore. Kara walked over to Jan-Es and hugged him. "I'm so sorry... I never meant for this to happen." Kara said and kissed his cheek softly. Just watching her kiss his old friend made Rich's skin crawl. She moved her face to his. "I do love you. Always have." Kara said and then kissed his lips. "Be safe, Jan-Es." she whispered. Then Rich stood in front of him. What should he do? Punch him hard in the face? Spit on him? "Please take good care of Kara, Rich. P...Promise me." Jan pleaded. Rich grinned, just a flicker of a grin on his face, because he shouldn't be too overjoyed at a moment like this. "You bet I will... friend."



Even the word friend felt like poison coming from Rich's lips. Rich and Kara left, Rich's arm around her. A moment later, Jan's mother came in and gave her son his last request: his stack of Crystals. They were tucked in a pouch with a long string which she tied around his neck. "I love you, Jan-Es. Don't ever forget that." She said to him. "Mom...." Jan-Es said, tears once again staining his cheeks. He couldn't even hug her goodbye.



She could have dried his tears, but she didn't. Not this time. Jor-El and Zor-El came in and put a hand on his mother's shoulder. "It is time. The portal for the Phantom Zone is activated." Jor-El said as they untied Jan-Es. Jan-Es immediately hugged his mom goodbye. "Goodbye, Mom." He said and she watched as Zor-El held Jan in a tight lock so he couldn't escape.



They moved toward the Chamber where the Phantom Zone Portal stood. It was fully activated, a black hole pulsed. Jor-El and Zor-El didn't say anything, they just pushed the scum through the Portal.



Jan-Es slammed to the stony ground, and heard several cracks. Multiple Holograms were opened. "This is the best birthday present ever, Kara, thank you!" There was even one of Jan-Es himself. "This is the girl I'm going to marry someday, Kara Zor-El."



"This is the girl I'm going to marry someday, Kara Zor-El." The message played over and over, and it couldn't be shut down. Truth was, this message was recorded several days before this Day Of Hell....



Jan-Es silently cried as the sands of the Phantom Zone swirled around him...



End of Chapter 2



A/N: Now the last chapter will be a Fast Forward for when Kara is dropped into the Phantom Zone and some earlier events.... stay tuned for the last chapter of I Love You, Do You Love Me?